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tery ^ t Lubca ^ in ^ yay , $ e ved Ills residence to tfeat eity . * Although Martyr liad been active in disseminating the doctrine ^ of the Reformation at Naples , it appears , from his acceptance of this promotion , that he had not whoHy withdrawn himself from the communion of the' Church of

Rome ; and we shaft see hereafter , that he held an appointment under it for some time longer . Previously to Martyr ' s departure from Naples , Bernardmus Oeblnus , a capuchin friar , who was deemed the most eloquent preacher of his age , arrived in that city on a preaching 1

mission . Havingbccoole acquainted with Martyr and Valdesso , and pertised some of the writings of the Reformers which they had placed in his hands , he was led to give up some of his old opinions , and to adopt some of the new tenets , especially in respect to justification . It # oes not appear , however , that he made , at this period , any open avowal of the change of his sentiments , beyond the circle of his new friends , or took any decisive part in

promoting the infant cause . The proceedings of Valdesso and his associates , owing , probably , to the notoriety they had acquired through the prosecution which was instituted against Martyr , attracted the particular attention , and excited the

determined hostility , of the civil magistrate . The Viceroy , Don Pedro di Toledo , issued a severe edict against heretical books ; and some of the writings of Erasmus and Melancthon were oraered to be publicly burnt . He suppressed , also , several academies winch had been formed for the advancement of

learning , under a suspicion ^ at they were subservi ng t ^ e cause of the Reformers . Not satisfied > vit | i these violent measures , he next attempted to introduce the Inquisition itito Naples , and for this purpose applied , it is daid by the

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pie at large ; ^ They J ^ joke o * it ?« open revolt , mid the most Se * iini $ re 0 » sequences migrht have ensued had &ot hostilities been terminated by a conciliatory arrangement , j ^ 4 the abandonment of the design . *

The measures resorted to by the Viceroy Toledo appear to have answered their purpose , in dispersing Vaidesso ' s society , and suppress ^ g the Reformation in the Neapolitan territory . Most of these who had joined themselves to the Reformers ,

when the season of danger came , made their peace and obtamed their pardon , by a public reeanta&ion . -f Some , htiwever , adhered to their principles , and when they could no longer act upon their convictions * ia their native land , went into voluntary exile to Germany or to Switzerland . This was the noble

conduct of two confessors among this little society , who are entitled to honourable mention . The iiFSt was Isabella Manricha , % a lady of a dist £ & > -

* Mosheim , IV , 387 , w&th the translator ' s npte . -f- Among the principal of those who apostatized to the Church of Rome , after taking an active part with the Reformer * , was Laurentius Romanus , a Sicilian , who first taught the doctrines of Zwingliufi at Caserta , in the Neapolitan territories v